UFO ROUNDUP

Volume 5
Number 18
May 4, 2000

Editor: Joseph Trainor

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PANIC IN LINCOLNSHIRE: WOMAN ABDUCTED, MAN SHOT BY ALIENS

Multiple UFO sightings were reported near
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, UK during April, including
two incidents of direct contact with humans.

The flap began on Friday, March 24, 2000
when Elaine King, 40, of Tetney Lock, near Grimsby,
Lincs."was transported from her bed to an alien
space craft that was constructed entirely of a
steel-like material."

The incident occurred at 9:30 a.m.

"Mrs. King explained, 'I was in bed and felt myself
getting weaker and weaker like I was collapsing.
Next thing I knew, I was in this corridor.'"

"While on board the alien ship, she opened a door
and was shocked to find a human male 'spread-eagled'
on a table while aliens ''peeled back his skin to look
at his insides.'"

"'There was a female being who was milky white and
wearing some sort of wig. I think it was to make her look
less frightening and more human. She communicated to
me, telling me not to worry about my cats and dog, that
they would be looked after. She didn't speak to me in
words, just put thoughts in my head. She didn't scare me.
I thought she was trying to help,' said Mrs. King."

"She said she thought she was going to die, but the
next thing she knew she was back in her bed and only
eleven and a half minutes had passed."

"'I am so relieved to be back. I thought I was gone
for good,' she said."

"Mrs. King said she knows people will perceive her as
'mad' but she honestly believes it was an abduction
attempt. She claims to have had many 'alien' encounters,
including seeing unearthly lights in the sky, having out-of-
body experiences, hearing unexplained humming and
seeing UFOs while riding her pony."

The same day, March 24, a fruit vendor "from
Grimsby's Freeman Street saw what he believes was a UFO
hovering in the sky above Willingham Street" at 2 p.m.
"Thirty-seven-year-old Tony Kirby claimed he saw a pure
white unearthly object (hovering) still in the sky. And
investigations with the RAF revealed they did not have any
aircraft in the area at the time."

At 8 p.m. that evening, "11-year-old Reshi Kumar was
seated in the back of his father's car stalled in traffic when
he noticed 'a really bright round light in the sky. It was
hovering in the same position, then it dropped really sharply,
and left a white line behind it.'"

"'One minute it was there, the next it was gone. It was
really weird,' explained Reshi, who does not believe in
aliens, despite being an avid X-Files follower."

"Reshi added, 'At first I thought it must have been a
plane but the object didn't have any red or blue lights.
It's definitely one for Mulder and Scully because I don't
know what it was.'"

In early April 2000, Cliff Blyth, 68, of Corn Mews,
Cleethorpes, Lincs. was reportedly shot by aliens.
Blyth told the Grimsby Evening Telegraph that he was
struck in the chest by "a two-inch red ball of fire that
came right through the window and passed through"
his chest.

Blyth reported no adverse physiological effects
as a result of being struck by the small sphere.

"Cliff and Margaret Blyth, of Corn Mews,
Cleethorpes, got the shock of their lives when an
unidentified red ball hurtled towards their house and
passed through Mr. Blyth's body. Mrs. Blyth was on the
telephone when her husband shouted at her to rush to
the window."

"'I left the phone dangling, and I saw a two-inch red
ball of fire come through the window and pass through
my husband's chest. We immediately lifted his shirt to
see if it had left any mark, but there was nothing there.
We daren't tell anyone at first,' Ms. Blyth said, 'It was
very frightening.'"

"'People will think we're mad, but there was something
in the sky,' Mr. Blyth said, 'I'm too old to be scared. It
didn't hurt, but we both saw it, and my wife never drinks.'"

On Thursday, April 6, 2000, John and Dorothy Ramsden
of Lidyard Road, Humberston, Lincs. had a UFO experience
at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Ramsden "thought her husband was
joking when he claimed to have seen a UFO in the
form of a silver cigar."

"Dorothy Ramsden, who saw a UFO in Danbury Street forty
years ago, said, 'We were about to get into our car when my
husband said he'd seen an unidentified flying object. At first
I thought he was pulling my leg. But then I saw the lovely
silver object with a pinky (pinkish) glow hovering in the sky.'"

"John Ramsden," aged 63 like his wife, "a self-proclaimed
sceptic who refuses to watch sci-fi on television, said, 'When I
first spotted it, I thought, What the hell is that? It was
fascinating. We just stared at it in amazement for around
six minutes, and I could see it from as far away as Toll
Bar School.'"

"The couple, who were not frightened by the experience,
described the object as hanging at an angle without moving."

"Mrs. Reid "described the object as 'red and as big as
an aerosol (can).' She said, 'My husband told me I was
seeing things and that I should forget about it. At first I
thought it was a helicopter but it moved so quietly that I
knew it couldn't have been'"

She added that it was 'a bright light travelling slowly
across the sky down the (river) Humber.'"

Another anonymous witness told the Telegraph
that "he saw 'a really bright light hovering above
Brundell Park.' He said, 'It was like a comet. It was
so quick it couldn't have been an aeroplane or a helicopter.
It was travelling at a height (altitude) between 3,000 and
5,000 feet. I can't describe it. I've never seen anything
like it.'" (See the Grimsby Evening Telegraph for April 4,
April 5, April 10 and April 14, 2000. Many thanks to Gerry
Lovell of Far Shores for forwarding the newspaper articles.)

LARGE MULTICOLORED UFO SIGHTED IN ARGENTINA

A very large multicolored UFO appeared early on
Easter Sunday morning, April 23, 2000, over the city
of San Carlos de Bariloche, in the foothills of the
Andes about 800 kilometers (500 miles) southwest
of Buenos Aires.

The craft, which appeared at 2 a.m., was seen by
television newswoman Noemi Molina, who attempted
to capture its image on her camcorder. But after five
seconds of shooting, her camcorder's battery suddenly
lost all of its power.

"Yesterday (April 24) still gripped by strange
bewilderment, journalist Noemi Molina told a group of
reporters at the Municipal Court building," in the El
Centro section of Bariloche, as the city is sometimes
called, "that she had witnessed an unidentified flying
object."

Srta. Molina, "the popular host of the Telenoticias"
TV program "stated that the event took place around
2 a.m. last Sunday (April 23) near the city's Cathedral."

"'It was huge,' said Noemi, stating that she had been
in the company of her sister Norma, who also saw the
strange phenomenon. She further added that it 'resembled
a great ship giving off multicolored lights, moving slowly
over the lake, (Lago Nahuel Huapi--J.T.) heading toward
Chile...we could hear an intense noise.'"

"Ufologists would identify the large object as being one
of the so-called 'motherships.' Molina pointed out that
she 'tried to record it on her camcorder, but upon activating
the recording function, the battery was drained, and there
was nothing more I could do.'"

"'Seeing what I'd seen made it almost impossible to
sleep, and at least my sister saw it, as well, for which I
thanked God. Yet I'm depressed at the fact that I
wasn't able to film it,' she said."

""Other people stated having seen the strange
object" on Sunday "and gave the size of the object
described. El Cordillerano called the local airport
authorities who claimed complete ignorance of the
matter."

"Noemi Molina added, 'It all started with distant
light--what I saw was fantastic. I'm still nervous from
the sighting.'" (See the newspaper El Cordillerano
for April 25, 2000. Muchas gracias a Scott Corrales,
autor de los libros, Chupacabras and Other Nysteries
y Forbidden Mexico para esa historia.)

(Editor's Comment: San Carlos de Bariloche is one
of the hottest UFO spots in Argentina, with sightings
every year since 1947.)

MOTORIST SPOTS A BLACK TRIANGULAR UFO IN GEORGIA

On Monday, April 24, 2000, at 12:20 a.m., Ken H.
was driving north on Interstate Highway I-85 in
Palmetto, Georgia (population 2,600), about 25 miles
(40 kilometers) southwest of Atlanta, when he spied
something unusual in the sky.

"At approximately 12:20 a.m., I was driving home from
my part-time night job," Ken reported, "While traveling
north on I-85, I noticed in the distance what seemed to be
a Jumbo Jet traveling unusually slow in a northwesterly
direction from the south. As I got closer to the object,
I could see that this was no jet like I'd ever seen, and I live
right in the flight corridor of Hartsfield International Airport."

"This thing was a triangle that was slightly more acute
than an equilateral triangle. It was black, slick and had a
very strange lighting arrangement. It had red and white
non-blinking lights.. I'm sorry but I can't remember the
exact position of the lights," he added, "This morning I had a
sighting that left my mouth wide open. And I had it in view
for five minutes."

"One detail that I remember clearly is that there
appeared to be red 'tail lights' and two rapidly-flashing
strobes, one at each rear corner. The strobes blinked
perfectly in tandem. This thing was the size of a
(Boeing) 747 and was parked nearly in a dead hover.
It was also a 10 mile per hour (16 kilometer per hour)
drift with a slight northwesterly yaw."

"I nearly drove under the thing. It was about a
quarter-mile away and looked to be at about 2,000
feet of altitude. I drove to the next exit south and pulled
over and watched the object drift to the north and
disappear."

Ken, 34, describes himself as "the father of two,
a college graduate and an amateur astronomer."

He added that he returned to the area the following
day and noticed that the UFO had been hovering over
"a firebreak with high-voltage power lines. My mind is still
having a hard time believing what my eyes saw." (Email
Interview)

UFOs SIGHTED IN MANITOBA AND SASKATCHEWAN

Two UFO sightings were reported in western
Canada last week.

On Thursday, April 20, 2000, at 9:11 p.m.,
Lindsay A. was at her home on the north side of
Winnipeg (population 620,000), capital of Canada's
Manitoba province, when she spotted an unusual light
in the sky.

"I saw bright white lights blinking in the sky," Lindsay
reported, "It approached from the north, hovered and
darted away to the west. The object appeared to be moving
quickly. We were facing north when we saw it moving in
our direction. It seemed to be a gray circular object all
covered with bright white lights. Very high--almost
unbelievable. Travelled at around 70 miles per hour."
(Email Form Report)

A week later, on Thursday, April 27, 2000, at around
10 p.m., a crew working on an oil rig spotted a UFO just
outside Estevan, Saskatchewan (population 10,300), a
town on Provincial Highway 39 about 125 miles
(200 kilometers) southeast of Regina.

Eyewitness Shawn B. reported, "We were all
working on a rig facing different ways. Once aware
(of it), we all turned to the southwest. It looked like a
falling flashlight at first, but it kept getting bigger and
bigger.. We all stopped working to look at it. I shut the
rig of, and it (the UFO) made no sound at all. It started
heading off to my right, then seemed to start ascending
very quickly. We thought it was an airplane coming
down until it started going straight up. It didn't have any
specific shape--just very bright."

""It lit up a large area around the rig. Seemed like it was
there for a half-hour, but it was only a few seconds. We
told our fellow employees but they didn't take it
seriously." (Email Form Report)

FAMILY VIDEOTAPES UFO IN HIGHETT, AUSTRALIA

Zoltan B. and his family left their home in Adelaide,
South Australia for Easter weekend, intending to spend
some time with family members who live in the
suburbs of Melbourne. But when they got to Australia's
Victoria state, they got the surprise of their lives.

The family of six had just arrived in Highlett, Vic. at
10:15 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, 2000. Zoltan reported,
"We had just gotten home at 11:15, alighting from our
car. Facing north, we noticed a bright light in the sky
coming in our direction. There was blanket rain-bearing
cloud cover, and this object was well under the clouds."

He described the UFO as "a bright glowing red orb,
seemingly ethereal, almost transparent, plasma-like.
On first sighting, it appeared to be about five centimeters
at arm's length."

"My wife, having a videocamera in the car, had the
presence of mind to record it for nearly five minutes.,
although somewhat wobbily, until it faded out of view."

""It was totally silent, no other lights, no other
discernable or recognizable shape. It maintained a
steady altitude and speed as it travelled in a westerly
direction ...until it dropped from view."

Because of the cloud cover and because the object
was "well below" the overcast, Zoltan added that "my
estimate of height (altitude) is no more than 1,000
feet (300 meters) Speed estimate was approximately
150 kilometers per hour (90 miles per hour). As it
altered direction, it appeared to slow down to some
extent."

The family's UFO video was broadcast on Melbourne's
Channel 7 news program at 6 p.m. on Easter Sunday,
April 23, 2000. (Email Form Report)

RENO. FBI, FEMA PLAN FOR OPERATION TOPOFF

The Washington Post reports that Attorney
General Janet Reno, the FBI and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are planning
a ten-day paramilitary exercise, described as "the
largest-ever field test of the nation's ability to respond
to a terrorist attack with chemical or biological weapons."

The ten-day exercise, called Operation Topoff, will
take place "sometime during May" and will involve the
simulated use of a weapon of mass destruction on the
target cities of Denver, Colorado and Portsmouth, New
Hampshire.

(Editor's Note: Portsmouth has long been the "saucer
capital" of New Hampshire, with UFO sightings dating
back to the 1640s.)

"After the World Trade Center, Oklahoma City and
East Africa U.S. embassy bombings and a 1995 sarin
attack on Tokyo's subway, U.S. officials have concluded
that it's only a matter of when--not whether--some terrorist
will use a weapon of mass destruction on a domestic
target."

On April 28, 2000, the Washington Post reported that
"a recent, secret exercise to determine how a medium-sized
city would cope after the terrorist detonation of a weapon of
mass destruction." Unfortunately, the target city of
Cincinnati, Ohio and its police and other city services
were said to be "woefully unprepared for such an attack."

"The Post, quoting unidentified sources, said the
findings were presented by Attorney General Janet Reno,
then Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre, and senior
FBI officials met at the Pentagon earlier this year. They
reportedly ordered the formation of interagency working
groups for problems that might arise from a major
terrorist attack.."

(Editor's Comment: Mr. Hamre, you may recall, was
one of the masterminds of last year's ill-fated
Operation Abacus.)

"Called 'Topoff' because of the involvement of top
officials (TOP OFFicials, get it?--J.T.) the exercise will
have the participation of Reno, (USA Department of)
Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala
and FEMA director James Lee Witt."

"'It is vitally important that our nation be prepared
for the consequences of a terrorist event,' Witt said
Thursday," April 27, 2000.

"Denver, Colo. and Portsmouth, N.H. were picked
to represent a large metropolitan area and a smaller
city and because they have different levels of training.
Denver has had federally-funded preparedness training;
Portsmouth has not."

FBI and FEMA agents will coordinate with state and
municipal officials in both of the target cities. It has not
been stated what type of destructive weapon will be
simulated during the exercise, but the Post assures us
that "No actual weapon or germs will be used." (Many
thanks to Steve L. Wilson Sr. for forwarding the
newspaper story.)

(Editor's Comment: With the exception of that fellow
who "did a Bufoird" in Pittsburgh ;last weekend, there
haven't been any terrorist incidents in the USA for quite
some time. With Ms. Reno in charge of this operation,
and considering what happened in Miami two weeks ago,
born-again Christians and Republicans alike should keep
their eyes and ears open during the month of May.)

From the UFO Files...

2000: THE NEW PROPHECIES

Friday, May 5, will see the long-awaited planetary
alignment. The event seems to have stirred up a
number of unusual dreams and visions. Here are some
we've received at UFO Roundup.

Jacqueline B. describes herself as "a visionary from
Roseburg, Oregon." On April 9, 2000, she had a
strange dream about the planetary alignment.

"I'm in this room, and some people are in there
talking to me. I'm outside of the place. There was this
man who had curly black hair. He was walking with me.
He said he was a journalist. I said I was a writer. We
came upon this place. It felt like it was some kind of
important gathering."

"Suddenly, I looked up into the sky and I could see
the alignment of the planets. I was so excited. The
journalist was very excited. Oh, I see it again. It was
so beautiful. The sky was breaking into these multiple
crescent-shaped crystals. Out of the middle came
this sighting of the "bright yellow UFO ship.' It was odd-
looking. It had four large curved panels on each side.
In the center, there was a bright light. It was also slowly
falling down from the sky."

You can imagine Jacqueline's surprise when she
read last week's issue of UFO Roundup and saw an
account of the very same yellow UFO she had seen in
her April 9 dream. (See UFO Roundup, volume 5,
number 17 for more details.)

Christopher H. lives in Portland, Oregon, and he had
a strange and frightening dream about New York City.

"On Monday, January 17 (2000), my wife and I slept
later than usual," he writes. "The first thing she said
when we woke up was, 'Wow! I just had the weirdest
dream!'"

Chris replied, "Oh, you mean the one where you see
the large tidal wave coming, and there's nothing you can
do about it?"

His wife sat bolt upright in bed. "Yes! How did you
know?"

Now it was Chris's turn to be surprised. His wife had
had the exact same dream he'd experienced.

"My dream took place in New York City (I've never
been there--C.H.) and I did some business at a bank with
large picture windows. I walked out into the street,
turned around and saw a massive tidal wave (taller than
the buildings--C.H.) frozen in position but still threatening
to take out the entire city."

"Suddenly I realized I was naked and a bit more
than a little self-conscious about it. I saw a girl walking
with a full-length belted sweater with a hood (like they
wore in the 70s--C.H.), so I asked her if I could borrow
it until tomorrow, when we could meet in front of this bank.
She said I could borrow it, but we would have to meet at
'The Park' at a place where people go to mourn those
who had died or were missing."

(Editor's Comment: "The Park," of course, is Central
Park. Chris has never been to the Apple, but it sounds
as if he's talking about the John Lennon Peace Memorial
in Central Park.)

"I agreed, but at that moment an overwhelming sadness
came over me and I realized that she would not be showing
up tomorrow. She would be one of those who perished in
the tidal wave."

"Suddenly, I was transported to another part of the city,
where I was being led by an elderly Hindu gentleman. He
kept saying that it was my mindahli or bindahli that was
keeping me safe from the tidal wave. I have no idea what
he was talking about."

(Editor's Comment: Perhaps one of our readers in India
can clue us in.)

Early Monday morning, April 17, 2000, your editor had
another strange "big wave" dream. However, my Anishinabe
"grandfather" Tackanash did not appear in this one. And it
took place on Lake Michigan, not Lake Superior.

I dreamed that I was at a small resort motel in Michigan's
Upper Peninsula. The motel was just south of Route 2 in
Naubishaway, Michigan, on the north shore of Lake
Michigan. It was either May or June, as the deciduous
trees had all of their leaves. The sky was covered with a
thick gray overcast. I was meeting my sisters, who had
come out from New England for a visit, and we were going
to go to dinner. Since I had a few minutes to spare, I
walked down to the sandy beach and took a long look
at the lake.

I notice the small waves crashing ashore and some
whitecaps further out. The waves become more numerous
and a little higher. The sight makes me uneasy. Then I
realize why. There's no wind. You need a wind to
kick up waves on the Great Lakes.

Instantly I look south, toward Beaver island. The
horizon is in motion--coming my way. I head straight for
the patio and enter the motel's dining room. I have to
find my sisters, Maureen and Carolyn. I have to find
them now!

Six women are standing in the dining room. It's
just been cleaned. The Admiral chairs are stacked on
top of the polished dining tables. The hostess turns to
me and says, "What are you doing here?"

"Listen to me," I reply. "The lake is rising--"

The ladies stare in puzzlement, so I try it again.
"There's a big wave coming ashore. It'll be here in
less than five minutes. I saw it. Get out now!"

"Exactly! It's going to flood the whole shore,"
I say, running through the dining room. "You've got
to get out of here!"

I hurry down the central corridor, scanning room
numbers. Ah, there's the one I want. I push open
the door, and there they are, standing around talking.

"Moe! Ca! We've got to get out of here--now!"

Carolyn asks, "Why?"

"We just got here," Maureen adds.

"There's a big wave out on the lake. It's heading
for shore. Right towards us!"

"What!?"

Before I can repeat myself, Maureen lets out a
yell. I turn to my right, just in time to see a foaming
wave slide right past the window.. No further words
are necessary. All three of us scramble out the
door and dash down the hall.

"Go! Go!" I holler, "Take the stairs!"

Up the carpeted stairs we gallop. I can hear the
building groaning under the impact of the waves.
We run at full tilt down the upstairs hallway, through
a smaller dining area and out onto the sundeck. A
wooden catwalk connects the deck to the parking lot.

We cross the catwalk, first Maureen, then Carolyn,
then me. I can feel the wooden structure vibrating under
my feet. Peering over the railing, I can see lakewater
surging around the first-floor patio. Already the motel's
back yard is flooded.

We reach the other side and join the people in the
parking lot. Everybody starts heading for Route 2 and
the high ground on the other side. I glance back at the
shore. It looks more like the north shore of Oahu than
upper Michigan. Waves ten feet high are crashing
against the summer homes and cabins lining the beach.

The overcast sky is darker. It looks even more
threatening than the thunderstorm we had on July 4, 1999
here in Duluth. A lightning bolt stabs down on the
southern horizon. It seems to last longer than normal.

Another bolt strikes in the southwest. On the beach
somewhere between Duel Lake and Point Patterson.
I start counting under my breath...One thousand,
two thousand...

The lightning bolt fades. I gape in disbelief. I have
just seen a sustained lightning bolt of an estimated
five billion volts last for about 12 to 15 seconds.
Impossible!

The dark gray clouds are lower and moving
swiftly from the southwest to the northeast.
Maureen shouts, "Joe! Come on!"

We walk at a fast clip, joining the stream of
refugees heading uphill. Suddenly, large snowflakes
begin dropping from the clouds.

"Oh, my God!" Carolyn yells, "It's snowing!"

"Welcome to the U.P.," I say, and I wake up.

Kent Peters had a frightening vision of life in the
USA after the Earth changes. He originally had this
dream back in 1980. He described it in detail on
the Sunday, April 30, 2000 broadcast of The Prophecy
Club.

It is a time of war. "There's a one-world government,
but there's fighting on every continent."

Kent is walking down the street when an elderly man
he's never seen before rushes up to him and says, "Have
you got your mark yet? You'll need it to do business."

And he shows Kent his right hand. There is a curious
tattoo on the back of the hand between the thumb and
the pinky finger. It is a black circle or sun with two levels
of wavy rays emanating out from it. Kent described it
as "a double sunburst."

"He began to cry and kept saying, 'The end is here!
The end is here!'" Kent said.

Just then Kent hears the roar of helicopter engines.
Black helicopters are flying low over the city. Then "a
white Humvee or whatever you call it" screeches around
the corner and comes to a stop. Troops clad all in black
pour out. "They are wearing black uniforms with body
armor and blue helmets. They are openly rounding up
people now."

The black-clad troops herd all of the pedestrians into
a circle. The civilians have to raise their right hands like
first graders asking for permission to visit the bathroom.
Grim-faced military policemen toting Bullpup-style
automatic rifles check each upraised hand. If a person
has the mark, they bellow, "Get going!" or "On your
way!" and push that person past the police line.

Those who lack the "double sunburst" are brutally
knocked to the ground, handcuffed and led away to a
waiting truck.

All at once, Kent heard "a spiritual voice" in his mind
saying, "Don't go back to your house. Don't take anything
from your house."

I have to go back for my wife! Kent thinks, and starts
running down the sidewalk. "I ran back to my house. I got
to my front door. The lock had been taken off and replaced.
There was an electronic scanner in the shape of a hand.
You couldn't unlock the door unless you put your hand
with the mark on the scanner."

Kent gives the door a push, anyway. Slowly it
swings open. There is no sign of his wife. "There stood
this sinister being. It was tall, dark, gaunt. It wasn't
human. It was unlike anything I have ever seen in my
life. I screamed with everything in me. Then I woke up."

Kent has made a video about his strange dream
entitled I Saw the Tribulation.

Tomorrow is May 5, and it will be interesting to see
what--if anything--happens. Meanwhile, take some
comfort in this thought. Not every dream is prophetic.
After all, as Sigmund Freud pointed out, "Sometimes a
dream is only a dream."

We'll be back next week with more UFO and paranormal
news from around the planet Earth, plus coverage of any
strange events that might have occurred on Planetary
Alignment Day. Right here at "the paper that goes home--
UFO Roundup. See you then.

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